Pope Benedict, Timothy and Titus

BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Paul VI Audience Hall Wednesday, 13 December 2006 Timothy and Titus Dear Brothers and Sisters, Having spoken at length on the great Apostle Paul, today let...

Saint Paul’s Marvelous Metanoia

Metanoia is the original Greek term for 'conversion', which opens the Gospel of Saint Mark with Christ's exhortation: 'Repent and believe in the Gospel!'....

Saint Paul’s Conversion

BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Paul VI Audience Hall Wednesday, 3 September 2008 Saint Paul (3) St Paul's "Conversion". Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today's Catechesis is dedicated to the experience that Paul...

Saint Francis de Sales, Ecumenism and Christian Unity

In this week of prayer for Christian unity, I have an article on the Toronto archdiocesan webpage – or more like a few brief...

Pope Pius XI’s Letter on Saint Francis de Sales

(One hundred and two years ago, on the 26th of January, 1923, Pope Pius XI promulgated an encyclical on Saint Francis de Sales on...

Saint Francis de Sales and the Joy of Salvation

It would be ironic if on this feast of the patron saint of writers, as well as this week dedicated to Christian unity, we...

Saint Marianne Cope and Her Lepers

Saint Marianne Cope (+1918), whose memorial is on this January 23rd, was an American-born Sister of the Third Order of Saint Francis, who spent...

Saint Vincent the Deacon’s Silent Witness

Saint Vincent the Deacon (+304), who suffered grievous tortures witnessing to his Catholic faith under the Diocletian persecution (as did yesterday's Saint Agnes) is...

Saint Agnes and the Courage of Chastity

'Tis incumbent upon us in these days, so inimical to anything chaste and pure, to remind ourselves of the genius of the feminine and...

Saints Fabian and Sebastian: Doing the Holy and Perfect Will of God

Pope Fabian (+250) was put to death on this day in the persecution of Emperor Decius, for refusing to offer idolatrous sacrifice, and this...